In this study, a survey of students with disabilities in all the six
public and five private Universities in Kenya was carried out. All
those registered with the office of the Deans of Students as having
a physical or visual disability responded to the questionnaire. The
results indicated that most of the students were physically
inactive. They rarely engaged in any physical activity even
though they were aware that exercises were important to them.
They wished they could participate in recreational activities to
improve their fitness levels and for pleasure. They were not aware
of sports opportunities available to them at campus. They
perceived a number of factors as barriers to their participation in
physical activities. These include inaccessible facilities, lack of
encouragement, lack of information and also lack of adapted
equipment and facilities suitable to them. Such barriers as
physical discomfort or medical problems were not perceived as
limited.